In Chap­ter 53 of We Solve Mur­ders, Eddie Flood steps off the plane in St. Lucia, weary from an unex­pect­ed thir­teen-hour flight. He had antic­i­pat­ed a much short­er jour­ney, mis­tak­en­ly assum­ing that the dis­tance was sim­i­lar to that of Hawaii. Despite his exhaus­tion, Eddie remains focused, using the time in the air to review the details of his inves­ti­ga­tion into police cor­rup­tion and bribery. The mis­sion he has been assigned is high-risk, and he is acute­ly aware of what’s at stake. His pri­ma­ry task revolves around Amy Wheel­er, a name that has been cir­cu­lat­ing with­in dan­ger­ous cir­cles, and his fail­ure to track her down could have severe con­se­quences. Rob Ken­na, the man who entrust­ed him with this job, has lit­tle patience for mis­takes, and Eddie knows that slip­ping up could result in being deemed expend­able. The ten­sion sur­round­ing the assign­ment fuels his deter­mi­na­tion, push­ing him past his fatigue as he moves toward his next steps.

As Eddie makes his way through the air­port, he is met by his des­ig­nat­ed taxi dri­ver, Fer­dy, who is tasked with get­ting him to his next loca­tion. Their brief con­ver­sa­tion is casu­al, but Eddie remains alert, always wary of the pos­si­bil­i­ty of mis­in­for­ma­tion or manip­u­la­tion. His goal is simple—locate Amy Wheel­er as soon as pos­si­ble before she moves on. Moments lat­er, Eddie’s phone buzzes with a mes­sage from Rob, con­firm­ing that Amy has been spot­ted at the Emer­ald Bay Resort. The mes­sage also includes a warn­ing that if she leaves, her next stop is like­ly Dublin, rein­forc­ing the need for urgency in Eddie’s pur­suit. As he absorbs this infor­ma­tion, Fer­dy, mak­ing small talk, casu­al­ly men­tions hav­ing dri­ven celebri­ties to the resort, includ­ing Rosie D’Antonio. How­ev­er, what catch­es Eddie’s atten­tion is Ferdy’s claim that Rosie had recent­ly left for Fiji. This detail con­tra­dicts the intel from Rob, which stat­ed that Amy and Rosie were both still at the resort, rais­ing imme­di­ate red flags. Eddie begins to ques­tion whether Fer­dy is mis­in­formed or delib­er­ate­ly feed­ing him incor­rect infor­ma­tion, which only inten­si­fies his sus­pi­cion.

Unset­tled by these dis­crep­an­cies, Eddie decides to step back and reassess the sit­u­a­tion before pro­ceed­ing. He heads toward the bar inside the ter­mi­nal, order­ing a drink as he pulls out his phone to ver­i­fy the details for him­self. Using the Flight­Stats app, Eddie quick­ly checks recent depar­tures from the air­port, hop­ing to con­firm whether Rosie had, in fact, flown to Fiji. The results only deep­en his concern—Fiji is not list­ed as a recent des­ti­na­tion, but Dublin is, direct­ly con­tra­dict­ing what Fer­dy had told him. This dis­crep­an­cy solid­i­fies Eddie’s gut feel­ing that some­thing is off, and he begins to piece togeth­er the pos­si­bil­i­ty that either Rosie or Amy has already left the resort. With this real­iza­tion, his urgency increas­es, know­ing that every minute counts in this high-stakes chase. His expe­ri­ence in the field has taught him to trust his instincts, and right now, his instincts are telling him that he is on the right track.

Eddie regains his com­po­sure, push­ing aside his frus­tra­tion as he strate­gizes his next move. His pri­or­i­ty is to track Amy before she dis­ap­pears, and with Dublin now appear­ing to be the like­ly des­ti­na­tion, he knows where to go next. The incon­sis­ten­cies in the infor­ma­tion he has received only make him more deter­mined to uncov­er the truth. With a renewed sense of clar­i­ty, he pays for his drink and steps out of the bar, prepar­ing to leave the ter­mi­nal. Despite the con­flict­ing details, he trusts his abil­i­ty to fol­low the trail, know­ing that in his line of work, patience and obser­va­tion are key. The chap­ter ends with Eddie focused and ready, his mind locked on the task at hand. The game is just begin­ning, and he intends to stay ahead, no mat­ter what obsta­cles may arise.